Soccer preview: Home fans have big expectations when Lech Poznań welcome ŁKS Łódź

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: INEA stadion (45830 seats)

The Ekstraklasa standings tell a tale about these participants so far, with Lech Poznań leading ŁKS Łódź by 13 points. Tipsway full preview:

Insights:
  • Lech Poznań have the most points from losing position (11) in Ekstraklasa
  • ŁKS Łódź have the fewest scored goals (6) in Ekstraklasa

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lech Poznań form and stats

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Lech Poznań have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Poznań, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Lech Poznań's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Puszcza Niepołomice (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The striker Ishak edged out all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.0 out of 10. Ishak scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Prior to that, an away loss at Pogon Szczecin.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Jagiellonia Biaystok are coming to town in three days.

Lech Poznań are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at INEA stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. Poznań have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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ŁKS Łódź form and stats

0 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of ŁKS Łódź playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season. It's all red in the travel logs of ŁKS Łódź, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Ramírez was the last player to score for the away team. ŁKS Łódź haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Two away games in a row for Łódź, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Radomiak Radom. It is a concern for ŁKS Łódź that their goalie Arndt made six saves in the Radomiak Radom game, but still couldn't prevent a loss. Midfielder Mokrzycki was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Mokrzycki hit three key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Cracovia Kraków.

Goals are few and far between in ŁKS Łódź's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 6 travels.

Head 2 Head

Lech Poznań have won every one of the 5 latest matches against this team. Will the streak continue?

Top Goalscorers

Lech PoznańF. Marchwiński
F. Marchwiński
5 goals
PoznańK. Velde
K. Velde
3 goals
Lech PoznańA. Ba Loua
A. Ba Loua
2 goals

Lech Poznań missing players

ŁKS Łódź missing players

Lech Poznań ŁKS Łódź
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 6 11
6 4 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 2 6 8
19 13 5 Scored S 0 1 6
14 4 2 Conceded C 4 12 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 73%
60% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 45%
40% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
30% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
70% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 27%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 83% 64%
 
6 6.6 10.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 4.8
3.4 2.6 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.5 4.2
1.9 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.8 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
12.4 14.6 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 12 11.4
4.9 6.6 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3
39% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 6% 18%
 
11.5 9.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14 14.3
4 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.3 5
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • All of Lech Poznań's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lech Poznań have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lech Poznań have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lech Poznań have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lech Poznań have scored more than double the goals of ŁKS Łódź.
  • Lech Poznań have the most points from losing position (11) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Lech Poznań haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ŁKS Łódź have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • ŁKS Łódź have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • ŁKS Łódź have lost all their away matches so far.
  • ŁKS Łódź have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • ŁKS Łódź have the fewest points (0) away in Ekstraklasa
  • ŁKS Łódź have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Ekstraklasa
  • ŁKS Łódź have the fewest scored goals (6) in Ekstraklasa
  • ŁKS Łódź have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Ekstraklasa
  • ŁKS Łódź have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Ekstraklasa
  • ŁKS Łódź have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Ekstraklasa
  • ŁKS Łódź haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ŁKS Łódź is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Śląsk Wrocław 11 7 2 2 18 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 4 1 1 10 5 8 23
2 Rakow Czestochowa 10 7 1 2 22 12 6 5 1 0 13 2 4 2 0 2 9 10 10 22
3 Jagiellonia Biaystok 10 7 1 2 23 14 5 5 0 0 15 5 5 2 1 2 8 9 9 22
4 Legia Warszawa 10 6 2 2 19 11 6 5 0 1 13 4 4 1 2 1 6 7 8 20
5 Lech Poznań 10 6 2 2 19 14 5 4 1 0 13 4 5 2 1 2 6 10 5 20
6 Zagebie Lubin 11 6 2 3 14 12 6 4 2 0 7 3 5 2 0 3 7 9 2 20
7 Pogon Szczecin 11 6 0 5 22 13 6 3 0 3 13 10 5 3 0 2 9 3 9 18
8 Radomiak Radom 11 4 2 5 14 15 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 2 0 4 6 10 -1 14
9 Widzew Lodz 11 4 2 5 14 16 5 4 0 1 7 4 6 0 2 4 7 12 -2 14
10 Piast Gliwice 11 2 7 2 10 10 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 0 5 1 3 4 0 13
11 Cracovia Kraków 10 3 4 3 11 15 5 1 2 2 6 11 5 2 2 1 5 4 -4 13
12 Stal Mielec 11 3 3 5 15 15 6 3 2 1 13 8 5 0 1 4 2 7 0 12
13 Warta Poznan 11 2 4 5 11 13 6 1 2 3 4 6 5 1 2 2 7 7 -2 10
14 Korona Kielce 10 2 4 4 10 12 5 1 3 1 5 4 5 1 1 3 5 8 -2 10
15 Gornik Zabrze 11 2 4 5 7 15 5 1 2 2 2 5 6 1 2 3 5 10 -8 10
16 Puszcza Niepołomice 11 2 3 6 12 22 5 2 2 1 7 7 6 0 1 5 5 15 -10 9
17 Ruch Chorzow 11 1 4 6 11 20 5 1 1 3 6 10 6 0 3 3 5 10 -9 7
18 ŁKS Łódź 11 2 1 8 6 19 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 0 0 6 1 12 -13 7

Read more about Ekstraklasa

The Ekstraklasa, which carries the sponsorship name Lotto Ekstraklasa, is the top football league in Poland. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away to decide a regular season league table. The top eight teams then play a championship round while the bottom eight play a relegation round.